Bird news - Sept 07, 2021

Interesting sightings from today (2021-09-07). A cloudy day with showers in the morning that brought down several flocks of migrants.

KALLONI GULF AREA

Polichnitos Salt Pans

Black Stork 2 (Leo Tucker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Kalloni Salt Pans E parts (NE hide and track)- am

Dalmatian Pelican 4 (Leo Tucker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Curlew 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Sandwich Tern 1, by coastline (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Kalloni Salt Pans W parts (NW hide and road)

Kentish Plover 3, Little Ringed Plover 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Alpine Swift 15 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Common Swift 2  (Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Kalloni Salt Pans S parts (pans, canal, fields, and coast)

Squacco Heron 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Marsh Sandpiper 1, juv (Michael Jackson, Ray Purser and several others, am & pm)

Wood Sandpiper 1, Green Sandpiper 1, Greenshank 1 (Michael Jackson)

Little Ringed Plover 6 (Michael Jackson)

Common Snipe 1 (Michael Jackson)

Cretzschmar's Bunting 1 (Michael Jackson)

Sandwich Tern 1, by the coast (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Bee-eater 3 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Kalloni Salt Pans to Tsiknias river fields (Lotzaria)- pm

Short-toed Eagle 2 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Kestrel 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Tawny Pipit 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

Fan-tailed Warbler 1 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Lesser Grey Shrike 1 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Spanish Sparrow 1000 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Ortolan Bunting 2 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Yellow Wagtails, Whinchats, Corn Buntings, Barn, Red-backed, Woodchats Shrikes, Willow Warblers, and Hoopoes.

Tsiknias river 

Montagu's Harrier 1, juv (Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Osprey 1, by the coast (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Black Stork 2 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Greenshank 1 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Whiskered Tern 1 ,pm (Leo Tucker via Lesvos Birders FB)

Bee-eaters 75 am & 50 pm (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Cretzschmar's Bunting 1 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Black-headed Bunting 1 (Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Grey Herons, Little White Egrets, and Great White Egret 

Metochi Lake

(Howard Vaughan via Levos Birders FB)

Green Sandpiper 1, Common Sandpiper 1

Whiskered Tern 1, am

Bee-eater 100

Red-rumped Swallow, Eastern Black-eared Wheatears etc.

Skala Kalloni village

Bee-eater 400+, before 8 am (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Yellow Wagtails 100+ (Howard Vaughan via Lesvos Birders FB)

Golden oriole 1, found exhausted/wounded (Mirsini Skiadelli)

Ennia Kamares (Christou)

Short-toed Eagle 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

 

NORTHERN LESVOS

Molivos (Perasma) reservoir

Steppe Buzzard 1, possible: present for the 9th day, am (Ray Purser)

Molivos

Alpine Swift 15, Grey Wagtail 1 (Martyn de Vries via Observado)

 

WESTERN LESVOS

Skalochori

Alpine Swift 15 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Vatousa

Short-toed Eagle 2 (Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Voulgaris river

(Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Peregrine Falcon 1

Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, White Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Black-eared Wheatear

Petrified Forest (Sigri)

(Andre Vuijk via Observado)

Western Rock Nuthatch 1, Black-headed Wheatear 5

Ipsilou Monastery (Sigri)

(Andre Vuijk via Observado)

only Spotted Flycatcher 1

 

SOUTHERN LESVOS

Ambeliko

Bee-eater 15 (Leo Tucker via Lesvos Birders FB)

 

Complete checklists submitted online can be accessed here:

e-bird  (updated throughout the year and where we submit the Kalloni EIC records in the long term)

observado- Lesvos (active during April-May and September by Dutch visitor birders)

bird-track (by British visitor birders)

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